Nacelle Definition

nə-sĕl
nacelles
noun
A streamlined enclosure on an aircraft, esp. for an engine.
Webster's New World
A similar enclosure on a wind turbine that houses the energy-generating components, including the shaft, generator, and gearing, and to which the rotor and blades of the turbine are attached.
American Heritage

The compartment that holds passengers on a hot-air balloon, a dirigible, or an aerostat; a gondola.

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Other Word Forms of Nacelle

Noun

Singular:
nacelle
Plural:
nacelles

Origin of Nacelle

  • French dinghy, gondola from Old French nacele small boat from Late Latin nāvicella diminutive of Latin nāvis ship nāu- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Old French nacele (“small boat"), from Latin navicella. The Modern English spelling is under the influence of Middle French and Modern French nacelle.

    From Wiktionary

Nacelle Sentence Examples

  • An upwind machine has the blades in front of the nacelle with respect to the wind flow.

  • The HAWT's have a mounted generator in a nacelle, a covered, protective housing.

  • At Prestwick Service Center we are specialists in the maintenance repair and overhaul of aircraft engine nacelle systems.

  • The data were collected in Poland and the results allowed to identify the critical loading paths from engine nacelle to the wing fuselage section.

  • The underside of the outer nacelle - the jetpipe has been painted and the join between nacelle & wing filled and rubbed down.

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